$2,650/$1M: Meet the Final Table

The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Big 4 $2,650 buy-in tournament has a $1,000,000 up for grabs and most of that will be awarded at the final table.

It is down to the last nine players and they will return on Tuesday at 1 pm for the Poker Night in America live-stream final table.

Poker pro Faraz Jaka leads the talented group for the Big 4 final table but he has some competition including Jordan Cristo, Jessica Dawley, Thai Ha, and Justin Zake.

Here’s a look at the $2,650 final table lineup.


Seat 1: Faraz Jaka
Chip Count – 2,485,000

Jaka is a 33-year-old professional poker player originally from San Jose. He comes into the final table of the $2,650 no-limit hold’em with the most chips and the most experience of anyone remaining. Over his long tenure as a poker pro, Jaka has amassed $6.471 million in tournament earnings and has the inside track to add another $204,610 to that total with a victory in this one.


Seat 2: Jessica Dawley
Chip Count – 1,285,000

Dawley is a poker pro originally from Louisville, but now resides right here in South Florida. Dawley is the only World Series of Poker bracelet winner at the final table from her victory in the 2018 ladies event for $130,230. With a second-place finish or better in this event, Dawley would beat her career-best score from her bracelet win. A top-two finish would also push her over the $1 million mark in career earnings.


Seat 3: Jordan Cristos
Chip Count – 1,040,000

Cristos is a 32-year-old poker pro from Los Angeles with $2.76 million in tournament earnings. While Dawley is the only WSOP bracelet winner at the final table, Cristos is the only player at the final table with a World Poker Tour title. Cristos earned $613,355 in the 2013 Legends of Poker Main Event and is a regular in high-stakes poker tournaments. He also took down the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha at the 2019 U.S Poker Open last February for $179,200.


Seat 4: Raj Vohra
Chip Count – 1,740,000

Vohra is a former tennis player, business owner and Florida native that comes into the final table second in chips behind Jaka. Vohra is a regular in most high-stakes events at the Hard Rock and will add to his $1.274 million in tournament earnings. Vohra is known to play in high-stakes cash games in the area as well.


Seat 5: Jake Daniels
Chip Count – 570,000

Daniels is one of the few players that isn’t considered a poker pro at the final table. Daniels is a 32-year-old business owner from Houston who takes poker very seriously. He is coming off of a strong 2019 World Series of Poker where he cashed three times, including a 19th-place finish in the $5,000 no-limit hold’em six-max, which is historically one of the toughest fields of the series. Daniels is also a PGA Tour golf pro.


Seat 6: Phil Rigby
Chip Count – 915,000

Rigby is the only non-American at the final table. The 54-year-old was born in London and grew up in Belize. He has just $83,083 in career tournament earnings and just by making the final table, has already set a career-best cash. It’s his second cash of the series after finishing 50th in the $600 no-limit hold’em six-max for $820.


Seat 7: Thai Ha
Chip Count – 870,000

Ha is both a business owner and a poker player originally from Vietnam. The 28-year-old grew up in Philadelphia and has been on a tear over the last few months. Ha finished runner-up in the $10,000 short deck no-limit hold’em at the 2019 World Series of Poker for $183,081. His career-best score came right here at the Hard Rock when he won the WPTDeepSTacks Lucky Hearts Poker Open for $230,422. He has $1.222 million in career earnings.


Seat 8: Justin Zaki
Chip Count – 115,000

Zaki comes into the final table as the short stack with just over four big blinds, but has enough experience to overcome his chip disadvantage. Zaki is a poker pro from Tampa with $2.45 million in tournament earnings. He is used to having success in the Sunshine State with one of his best finishes coming here at the Hard Rock. At the 2011 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, the 34-year-old finished third for $415,680. His only bigger cash came in a runner-up finish at the 2018 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open for $434,614.


Seat 9: Nicholas Zautra
Chip Count– 605,000

Zautra made his way to Florida all the way from Arizona. He was born and raised in the Phoenix area and is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guam. The 33-year-old is married and is not considered a professional poker player, but is looking to help out the poker community. Zautra is putting together a seven-week workout program that will help poker players stay in shape. A fifth-place finish or better would give Zautra a career-best score.